Westminster Bridge

Westminster Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames which links Westminster on the west side with Lambeth on the east side. Financed by private capital, lotteries, and grants, the bridge was built from 1739 to 1750, and it opened on 18 November 1750. The bridge assisted the expanding West End to the developing South London as well as goods from Sussex and Kent. By the mid-19th century, the bridge was subsiding badly and was costly to maintain, so a new bridge was built on 24 May 1862. On 22 March 2017, Khalid Masood killed 5 people and wounded 50 in a vehicle-ramming attack.